A Top Notch Album for Free

Dark Night of the Soul

A collaboration between Danger Mouse and Sparklehorse the album in it’s entirety is available for streaming online for free at NPR. From NPR; The album features:

Danger Mouse and Sparklehorse (Mark Linkous), other artists appearing on Dark Night of the Soul include James Mercer of The Shins, The Flaming Lips, Gruff Rhys of Super Furry Animals, Jason Lytle of Grandaddy, Julian Casablancas of The Strokes, Frank Black of the Pixies, Iggy Pop, Nina Persson of The Cardigans, Suzanne Vega, Vic Chesnutt, David Lynch, and Scott Spillane of Neutral Milk Hotel and The Gerbils.

The album has been released by the artist as a blank printed CD-R along with a poster.  User’s are then led to their own methods of getting the music on the disc.   This was after a dispute with record label EMI.  It seems the only ones to win from this is the artists and the fans.

Jesse Ventura’s Poem on Larry King

photo credit: US Navy: NSWC

Jesse Ventura (Navy Seal, Wrestler, and Minnesota Governor from 1999-2003) was on Larry King last Monday night giving commentary on the White House Correspondence Dinner, the disputed Minnesota Senate election, and other things. It appeared Ventura wanted to say his quip of poetry very badly, as he mentioned it three times during his interview.

On the night that Jesus Christ supposedly rose from the dead,
The Navy SEALS shot three pirates straight through the head.

(In reference to the Somalian pirates that held Captain Richard Phillips captive)

Youtube link here, starts at 1:50. Larry King Transcript here.

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